We did that tour with Spider and was like Spider was the lead singer and we just played all Pogues songs and he was the singer for the tour. And in correspondence between the two of 'em he said hey, do you want to the hit road, and we said "sure." Aaron just started talkin' to 'em - Aaron talks to everyone, you know. It was a small tour, we went to the east coast, but it was a fuckin' blast. We said "fuck yeah!"Ĭ: You guys had been on tour with Spider before, back in '05, right? We'd been asking them for a while, and he said sure, how about Paddy's Day in New York. Tony Duggins: Becca emailed Spider, their whistle player. Patty's Day with the Pogues themselves.Ĭhicagoist: How did the upcoming Pogues show come about? Signed to Victory Records since March of '05, the Tossers continue their assault on all things sober and sacred, and will perform at New York's Roseland Ballroom on St. "I'm sure someone told Metallica they were a bunch of Motorhead ripoffs, you know?" The band is currently touring in support of the Reverend Horton Heat, and will play a two-night stand Thursday and Friday at the Metro. "Yeah, we get that too," Duggins says, checking in from the road. In spite of this, Duggins says they still get slagged off as johnny-come-latelys to the Celt-punk scene. The band is essentially the Chicago precursor to the more well-known Irish-rock bands like Flogging Molly and the Dropkick Murphys. From their South Side Irish roots, the band has built from basement shows and VFW halls in the south 'burbs to gigs at the Fireside Bowl and Metro. In the past 14 years of existence, the Tossers have certainly paid their dues. But no one's ever come up and said, 'Dude, fuck you - you ripped off the Pogues.' I'm sure they're thinking it, though. "We get compared to them a lot, and that's cool by me. Not surprisingly, Duggins also doesn't care. Interview: Tony Duggins of the Tossers By Matt Wood in Arts & Entertainment on 8:00PMįor the record: Tony Duggins knows people may think of his band as just another imitator to the Pogues' crown.
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